Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 9.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 516 individual Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 86.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 13 in every 100 Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35s presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 tested had covered 28,180 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 sits 9.9 points above the national average, ranked 1,134 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 8% of tests (2.85x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 4.3% of tests (2.55x the national rate for this defect)
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 6.6% of tests (2.07x the national rate for this defect)
4. Tyres on the same axle or on twin wheels are different sizes, 1% of tests (8.11x the national rate for this defect)
5. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.6% of tests
6. Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured and affecting the driver's view of the road or of an obligatory external mirror, 0.4% of tests (5.97x the national rate for this defect)
7. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.4% of tests
8. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.4% of tests
9. Tyres on the same axle of different structure, 0.4% of tests (133.47x the national rate for this defect)
10. evidence that the original webbing has been cut and/or reworked. e.g. belts knotted, fraying or fluffing removed/sealed by burning etc. (see note a), 0.4% of tests (295.71x the national rate for this defect)

From 515 DVSA-tracked Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 13.62% of these flagged Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 48.2% of tests (1.81x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 3.9% of tests, also fails
3. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.7% of tests
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 0.6% of tests
5. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.4% of tests
6. A wheel bearing excessively rough, 0.4% of tests
7. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.4% of tests
8. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.4% of tests
9. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.2% of tests
10. A lamp with a product on the lens or light source which shows red light to the front, white light to the rear or has heavily reduced light intensity, 0.2% of tests (6.93x the national rate for this advisory)

From 515 DVSA-tracked Audi Q4 E-Tron S Line 35 tests, 2024.

Other Audi models

• Audi A3 - 78.1%
• Audi A4 - 76.3%
• Audi A1 - 79.5%
• Audi A6 - 81.9%
• Audi A5 - 80.4%
• Audi Tt - 78.8%
• Audi Q3 - 83.5%
• Audi Q5 - 84.8%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Peugeot 208 Allure Puretech S/S Auto - 86.6%
• Toyota Aqua - 86.6%
• BMW X2 Sdrive20i M Sport X Auto - 86.6%
• Toyota Gt86 - 86.5%
• Peugeot 208 GT Ev - 86.5%
• Vauxhall Corsa Sri Nav Premium Turbo - 86.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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